Definition of Purple milk vetch

1. Noun. Perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers.

Exact synonyms: Astragalus Danicus
Generic synonyms: Milk Vetch, Milk-vetch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purple Milk Vetch

purple grackle
purple granadillo
purple ground cherry
purple hairstreak
purple hairstreaks
purple haze
purple heart
purple heather
purple heron
purple herons
purple loco
purple locoweed
purple loosestrife
purple loosestrifes
purple martin
purple milk vetch (current term)
purple mullein
purple nightshade
purple nurple
purple nurples
purple onion
purple orchis
purple osier
purple patch
purple patches
purple pea
purple poppy mallow
purple prose

Literary usage of Purple milk vetch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horticultural Register by Sir Joseph Paxton, Joseph Harrison (1833)
"Those of our readers who live near sandy heaths, may collect towards the end, the purple Milk Vetch (Astragalus ..."

2. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"... L. purple milk vetch. Cock's- head. AC Herb.: Fargo 1193, Univ. Herb.: Langdon. ASTRAGALUS RACEMOSUS Pursh.. Racemose Milk Vetch. Throughout the state. ..."

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